Ten miles southeast of Suzhou and the surrounding slope

After Hou Guangliang arrived here one day, he used his seal to gather the local government soldiers in Suzhou.

Soon... Heweipo gathered an army of about 80,000 people, and the Tang Dynasty used the government military system, so the people gathered at this time were all strong, no worse than the soldiers of Tubo and Tuyuhun on the other side.

This time Li Zhan allowed Hou Guangliang to command the war of so many people, in fact, Li Zhan was training generals for Li Chengqian, mainly Hou Guangliang was loyal to the monarch, which Li Zhan felt that Hou Guangliang was many times stronger than his father Hou Junji.

Therefore, Li Zhan wants to cultivate Hou Guangliang and let Hou Guangliang become a big help to Li Chengqian.

Above the school grounds, dust and smoke billowed out.

Hou Guangliang looked at the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who gathered from everywhere with a pair of sword eyes, did not hesitate, and shouted loudly: "Enter the big tent of the Chinese army!" ”

80,000 soldiers, including a total of 58 generals, entered the big tent of the Chinese army, and it was the first time that Hou Guangliang exercised such great power, but fortunately, some of these generals were Hou Junji's old subordinates.

As Hou Junji's eldest son, Hou Junji's old subordinates will definitely support him, which is why Li Zhan will directly push Hou Guangliang out.

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Suzhou... Located in the northwest, the east of Jiuquan City, the northern foot of Qilian Mountain, the central and western part of the Hexi Corridor, Suzhou District is located in the Mengxin desert area, the geographical latitude and altitude are relatively high, it belongs to the Hexi Corridor Plain "Fan Top-Fan Skirt-Fan Rim" three-order zone, there are no mountains in the territory, flat and open, the terrain is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, slightly inclined, with an average sea level of 1360 meters.

The overall characteristics of the climate are: dry climate, low precipitation, strong evaporation, long sunshine, cold winter and hot summer, large temperature difference, cool autumn and dry spring, windy sand.

Although it is said that after Suzhou is besieged, if there is no rescue of reinforcements, it is difficult for Suzhou City to break through, because there are plains outside, and it is easy for you to be caught up if you break through, so Suzhou City has been waiting for help.

Hou Guangliang held his first military meeting in the big tent of the Chinese army.

The content of the meeting is how to rescue Suzhou, in a discussion, the generals present have asked for battle, and finally Hou Guangliang decided to solve the battle quickly... With the Tiger Army as the center, it attacked the Chinese army tent of Songtsen Gampo in Tubo.

At this time, just after Hou Guangliang made a plan, the Tubo military camp finally got the arrival of Hou Guangliang's army and the siege of the slope, but Songtsen Gampo was not in a hurry at all.

If Hou Guangliang is replaced by Hou Junji, then he Songtsan Gampo may still think about a little way out, after all, Hou Junji is a veteran who has been famous for a long time, and Songtsan cadres dare not despise it.

But the person who came was not Hou Junji but Hou Guangliang, which made Songtsen Gampo have to look down on him.

After the two armies knew each other, they had already opened their formations, and the next day, the two armies were less than a mile apart, the war drums were thundering, and the military flags were grinning... The Great War is on the verge of breaking out.

Songtsen Gampo looked at the army on the other side, which was similar to his own, and was not at all worried that he would lose.

Truly... The army of the Tang Dynasty was very strong, but Songtsen Gampo believed that his Tubo army would be stronger, and the battle began in the sound of a trumpet... First of all, Hou Guangliang's left wing moved first.

A large number of cavalry rushed to the right flank of Tubo, because the right flank of Tubo was the cavalry of Tuyuhun, and for a while, it was impossible to resist the impact of the Tang cavalry.

Just when the right flank of the Tang Dynasty and the left flank of Tubo were fighting together, Hou Guangliang knew that the opportunity had come, and the cavalry composed of 10,000 tiger troops and the tiger army, like a sharp sword, stabbed directly into the Chinese army of Songtsen Gampo.

"Haha...!" After learning that Hou Guangliang personally led the cavalry to charge and kill his own Chinese army, Songtsen Gampo smiled proudly, because he had already made preparations, and last night, he had already imagined that Hou Guangliang would think about killing his own Chinese army.

So just now, he deliberately let his left wing directly kill the right wing of Datang, just to lure Hou Guangliang to attack his Chinese army.

Because among the Chinese army of Songtsen Gampo, for Hou Guangliang's cavalry, a heavy infantry of 3,000 people was prepared.

These hoplites, with three layers of armor... The sword is invulnerable, and everyone has a saber... These are the heavy infantry that Songtsen Gampo researched by himself after seeing the Mo sword soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.

Songtsen Gampo has always been looking for an opportunity to try the power of his heavy infantry, and today's battle is a key battle, as long as he wins, then the princess, the technology will be in hand.

Of course, on the contrary, then the Tibetans will get everything, so Songtsen Gampo did not hesitate to take out his heavy infantry.

Three hundred steps... Two hundred steps... One hundred steps... Just when Hou Guangliang's cavalry was within a hundred paces of Songtsen Gampo's heavy infantry, suddenly, Hou Guangliang's cavalry stopped, followed by piles of small sticks about dozens of centimeters long and thrown into the formation of heavy infantry.

"Magnet...!" The arquebus spat out its hyacinth.

The hoplites of Songtsen Gampo were curious to pick up this little stick and wanted to see what it was, but it was at the moment of picking it up.

"Bang...!" "Bang...!" "Bang...!" "Bang...!" "Bang...!"

The sound of explosions was endless, the heavy infantry fell in a pool of blood, Songtsen Gampo was frightened by the crazy explosion outside, just when Songtsen Gampo was about to go out of the big tent to see, what happened, the fire outside made Songtsen Gampo's eyes stagnate.

This was followed by a powerful and serial explosion sound.

Screams, wailing, pain, invective... Mixed with the sound of running, it resounded through the military camp of Tubo, and immediately a guard directly protected Songtsen Gampo, and then changed Songtsen Gampo into other clothes for the first time, and took Songtsen Gampo out of the military camp and fled to Tibet.

On the other side, Hou Guangliang looked at the 3,000 heavy armored infantry of Tubo who were blown up by his grenade in an instant, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted: "The second round of preparation...!" ”

The word 'throw' was shouted, followed by more than 10,000 grenades.

Following the camp of the Tibetan Chinese army, the sound of explosions was endless, such a terrible explosive force directly made those Tubo soldiers who had experienced a hundred battles lose their combat effectiveness, I don't know who shouted in Tubo to flee!

Tens of thousands of Tibetan troops fled frantically in the direction of Tibet without hesitation.

Hou Guangliang also seized this fighter at the first time, and then immediately ordered the army to cover up, 60,000 Tubo troops, 20,000 Tuyuhun troops, only less than 10,000 people left, and all the others were left in Suzhou.

Since then, Hou Guangliang has become famous....!

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On the contrary, Songtsen Gampo completely lost his self-confidence because of this defeat, and he didn't understand how he could lose to Hou Guangliang, although he knew that it should be the little stick that would explode more to win him.

But Songtsen Gampo regretted it very much, if he could be more cautious with Hou Guangliang, maybe he would not have lost so badly.

brought 60,000 people, and when he returned, there were less than 10,000 people, which made Songtsen Gampo a little uncomfortable, and more importantly, there was no loss on the Datang side, which made Songtsen Gampo feel even more guilty.

So when Songtsen Gampo went back, he was always carried by someone... But just when Songtsen Gampo arrived at the border of Tuyuhun and thought that he could cross Tuyuhun and return to Tubo as soon as possible.

Li Zhan was already on the way back to Tubo for Songtsen Gampo early, waiting for Songtsen Gampo leisurely.

It's a canyon... If Songtsen Gampo wants to go back, he must pass through here, Li Zhan didn't think about attacking Tubo directly, why... Because the ghost place in Tibet is not something that ordinary people can attack.

Many people think that Tibet cannot be attacked because of altitude sickness, but in fact, this is not necessarily the case.

Altitude sickness has always been there, but the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty still beat Tubo, and the main reason why the Tang Dynasty has not been able to defeat Tubo is the climate problem.

At this time... Because of the climate, the world has reached a very special period of warming. Due to the rise in temperature, the snowy areas and wastelands with an average altitude of about 4,000 meters on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at that time were all plateau pastures with abundant water and grass, and the development of animal husbandry also stimulated population growth and the strengthening of the power of the Tubo Kingdom.

Therefore, the Tubo Kingdom occupied the strategically important Hexi Corridor with abundant population and resources, threatening the rule of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhan rushed into Tubo with 10,000 people, that is, looking for death, and at this time, Tubo can already be one person and four horses, Li Zhan may be able to rush in, but if he can't get out, it's another matter.

On the contrary, the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty were not because they were strong, so they fought the Tibetans, because the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty were in a period of declining world temperature, and the East Asian continent and other plains may not be greatly affected by the temperature drop.

However, due to the severe cold climate, the Tibetan Plateau has lost its abundant pastures and farmland, and has been covered with ice and snow.

Due to the lack of animal husbandry, the Tibetan Dynasty also went into decline, and when faced with the invasion of nomadic cavalry such as the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, it could only choose to surrender.

Everyone should have heard of the Xiaoice River period, and it was at that time that the Tubo Dynasty was gone.

"Childe, eat noodles...!"

Li Yi came to Li Zhan's side, and then served Li Zhan a bowl of noodles, although Li Zhan was already His Royal Highness the King of Qin, but sometimes, Li Yi would still call Li Zhan the wrong son.

Because Li Yi has always been called Gongzi, of course, Li Zhan doesn't care, but likes to hear Li Yi call Gongzi.

It's just that Ying Lao and the others don't want Li Yi to scream, that is called no etiquette.

"Oops... It's wrong again, wait a minute, I'll definitely punish Grandpa Ying...! After Li Yi finished calling Li Zhangongzi, he was slightly annoyed.

Li Zhan took the noodles and said with a smile: "Don't worry, if you don't say it, I won't say it, no one knows...!" ”

"Really... Thank you, male... Oh no... It's Your Highness...! After speaking, Li Yi smiled happily.

followed Li Yi and squatted next to Li Zhan, watching Li Zhan finish the noodles one by one, and after eating, Li Yi took out the dishes and chopsticks, and after Li Yi left, Gao Hu came over.

Li Zhan asked, "Have you eaten it...?" ”

Gao Hu smiled and nodded, "Eat... I just got the news, there should be two hours left, and Songtsen Gampo is going to pass by here...! ”

"Hey...!" Li Zhan said with a smile: "Hou Guangliang is not bad, he is a person who can achieve great things, but even better, this kid is not ambitious, and I am relieved that Cheng Qian can have such a person to help him." ”

"Your Highness... With you, even Hou Junji doesn't dare to make any changes. Gao Hu smiled.

Just after speaking, Li Zhan looked at the sky and said, "But, I still have to go... After the defeat of Tibet this time, I will submit a table to my father and emperor, go to my fiefdom Dengzhou, and will not return to Beijing without an edict.

If you suddenly return to Beijing, you will be regarded as a rebel. ”

"Your Highness... What's the problem? Gao Hu looked at Li Zhan very incomprehensibly, because he knew that these must be the conditions that Li Zhan himself proposed to restrict himself, and it was clear that the emperor and the crown prince would not treat Li Zhan like this.

But Li Zhan smiled and said, "It has to be like this... This is my sense of security for my father and the crown prince, and it is also my restraint on my other younger siblings. ”

Speaking of this, Gao Hu also knew what to say, but in the end, Gao Hu said: "Your Highness... I Gao Hu has no other requirements, I have been with you for so long, Gao Hu has only one request, that is, no matter where you go, Gao Hu will follow you wherever you go.

Gao Hu will only be loyal to you in this life. ”

After speaking, Gao Hu knelt down on one knee silently, Li Zhan laughed, helped Gao Hu up with his hand and said, "Don't worry... You'll all follow me! ”

After getting Li Zhan's affirmative words, Gao Hu was relieved.

After about two hours passed, there was a cloud of smoke and dust billowing in front of him, and at this time, the shadow lying beside Li Zhan said: "Your Highness... Songtsen Gampo came. ”

Li Zhan smiled slightly: "I hope we can kill Songtsen Gampo this time, so that our border with Tubo will be peaceful for twenty years." ”

"Let's hope... However, we only had 5,000 men in pursuit, and Songtsen Gampo had a good chance of escaping. ”

The shadow's words made Li Zhan smile hesitantly: "Obey the destiny of heaven... Shadow Lao, pass the order, as long as the Chinese army of Songtsen Gampo reaches the canyon, the grenades will be thrown down indiscriminately, five per person, without stopping.

I'm going to knock this group of Tibetan soldiers down at once. ”

"Yes...!"

Soon Elder Ying went down to give the order, and as soon as the order was finished, Li Zhan saw rows of soldiers climbing to the edge of the cliff, and then each of them had five grenades, and they all showed happy smiles.

Li Zhan didn't understand, Hu Benjun likes to throw grenades very much, probably using grenades as a pastime, from the fear at the beginning to the current joy, this should be the process of acceptance.

After another quarter of an hour, Li Zhan saw a large number of Tibetan troops, passing through the canyon, but Li Zhan did not fight the Tubo army at the head, and if he wanted to fight, he would fight the Chinese army, because Songtsen Gampo was very likely to be in the Chinese army.

It's a pity... This time Li Zhan miscalculated, because Songtsen Gampo was indeed in the Chinese army, but for some reason, Songtsen Gampo suddenly asked to go ahead.

This is a very strange thing, maybe this is called fate, Songtsen Gampo also escaped the death game because of this.

"Throw it at me...!"

Just as the Chinese army of Songtsen Gampo's Tubo army reached the gorge, Li Zhan ordered... Five thousand grenades roared down from the cliff, and the entire Tibetan army was dumbfounded.

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